Summary
What is it that makes the number 24 different from the number 42? Place value, the secret sauce behind our entire base-10 numbers system! Place value says that a digit’s position within a number determines its value. Press “play” to learn what those positions are, how they relate to each other, and different ways to express both whole numbers and decimals.
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Ages 7+
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
A few questions to talk through after watching Place Value:
- What is one new thing you learned about place value?
- Can you explain it to a partner in your own words?
- Where might you see this in the real world?
- What is one question you still have?
Quick work-a-long
Try it:
- Write one sentence explaining place value.
- Draw or give one example of your own.